College Football

According to multiple reports, former Clemson defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin has landed a new role in the SEC, joining Brent Venables’ staff at Oklahoma as a defensive analyst. Goodwin, who spent the past three seasons leading Clemson’s defense, previously worked under Venables as a defensive analyst from 2012-14 and later as a senior defensive assistant from 2018-21. His return to …

The Texas basketball team completed an eight-game gantlet to open its first SEC campaign that featured nothing but foes who were ranked when facing the Longhorns. That grueling stretch ended with a hard-fought 72-69 loss Wednesday to Ole Miss, but that doesn’t mean Saturday’s game at LSU offers too much of a respite. The Tigers have played just three SEC …

Notre Dame has entered the Mack Sutter recruiting sweepstakes. The Dunlap four-star junior tight end has picked up a scholarship offer from the Fighting Irish, running his tally to 43 scholarship offers since last January. ND offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock was in central Illinois on Friday. In the last week, Sutter has seen offers extended from Florida State, North Carolina, …

It’s a family reunion for Maryland football. The Terps are hiring Pep Hamilton as offensive coordinator, according to the NFL Network, reuniting the longtime NFL assistant coach with his son, incoming freshman quarterback Jackson Hamilton. Pep Hamilton, 50, has been coaching since 1997. He was most recently the Houston Texans’ offensive coordinator in 2022, spending one season under coach Lovie …

A two-monthslong national search to find Bakersfield College’s new head football coach was revealed Friday by the institution to be Tyler Thompson, who is a Shafter native, a former BC player and who has been coaching within the Renegades program for the last 11 years. Thompson played at Shafter High and was a defensive back for the Renegades (2008-09) and …

The Florida Gators hosted Norcross (Georgia) defensive lineman Carter Luckie last weekend for Florida’s second junior day of the winter recruiting period. While it’s entirely normal for the Gators to host a 6-foot-5-inch, 250-pound junior defensive lineman at this point in the recruiting cycle, there’s a unique complication with Luckie’s recruitment. He’s a legacy recruit at the University of Georgia …

With the 2024-25 college football season at its end, NFL Draft preparations are heating up, and the first step in every draft season is the Reese’s Senior Bowl — a college all-star game for upperclassmen hoping to boost their draft stock. Several Oregon Ducks are participating in this year’s contest, and in practices leading up to the Saturday game, several …

Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish center Pat Coogan has committed to Indiana. The Hoosiers had an opening at center after Mike Katic graduated. We previously reported Coogan would visit Indiana and Michigan. Coogan anchored a stout Notre Dame offensive line and became known for his obscenity-laced pregame speeches, several of which were filmed during the Irish’s run to the national …

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to elite wide receiver recruit Travis Johnson. Johnson, a member of the class of 2026, is ranked as a four-star recruit. The 6-foot-3, 165-pound wide receiver plays high school football for Oscar Smith High School in Chesapeake, Virginia. Johnson is ranked as the No. 128 recruit in the nation, the No. 17 wide …

NORMAN — Wes Goodwin might not be OU’s defensive coordinator, but the former Clemson defensive coordinator and linebackers coach is still joining Brent Venables’ staff. Goodwin will serve as a defensive analyst for the Sooners, the Tulsa World first reported Friday. Goodwin worked with Venables during two separate stints at Clemson. From 2012-14, Goodwin served as a defensive analyst for the …

It’s one thing to be named the top player at your position by the media and the coaches, but to be so named by your peers is something else altogether. Oregon Ducks linebacker Jeffrey Bassa was named the top linebacker during this week’s practices at the Reese’s Senior Bowl by opposing offensive linemen, running backs, and tight ends. He was …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football dipped into the portal for one of the most coveted interior linemen in the entire class Friday, when Notre Dame center Pat Coogan announced his intention to transfer to IU. Coogan immediately fills a position left vacant by Mike Katic’s graduation following the 2024 season. A fixture for the Irish the last two years, Coogan became …

As announced Friday, the Colorado Buffaloes’ annual Black and Gold Day spring football game will be held April 19 at Folsom Field. This year’s spring football game will be Colorado’s third under head coach Deion Sanders. In 2023, Coach Prime’s first spring game drew a record 47,277 fans to Folsom Field and was televised by ESPN. Last year’s edition saw …

Corpus Christi ISD announced Friday that Miller co-offensive coordinator Austin Menner has been named the next head football coach and athletic coordinator at King. Menner replaces Doug Foster, who was reassigned within the district after last season ended. Foster was 7-42 leading King in five seasons. Menner played in college at the Air Force Academy and Abilene Christian and Miller’s …

The Athletic’s Scott Dochterman and Antonio Morales recently organized every Big Ten football team into a category of either ‘Rising,’ ‘Neutral,’ or ‘Falling’ after the recent winter transfer portal window. Wisconsin was among the most active teams during the period. It landed 19 total transfer commitments (18 scholarship, one walk-on) and saw 23 scholarship players depart — 22 of those …